If you missed the last two, fantastic episodes of the Newt
Gingrich circus, check out his deluded, anything-but-concession theatricals. Here
and here
(full urls below).

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No doubt, with electioneering growing uglier, more divisive,
and far more expensive, everyone longs for a more transparent, steam-lined
system. But for this notorious,
career demagogue, allegedly awash with ideas, no problem. Now, all praise Newt for his magic thinking, as straightforward as it is self-serving. First, declare yourself the best
candidate, thus owning the presumption you deserve to win. Second, like an instant lottery
winner, award yourself the GOP nod, then pre-emptively declare your own victorious ride into
the Oval Office. For Newt
the sociopath, the world need only create a modest new category,
the President-in-Waiting, like the Prince of Wales waiting for the inevitable succession.

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Despite a crushing Florida primary loss, Newt scoffed at the
defeat and the "blatantly dishonest" (thus temporary) winner-frontrunner. Then begins an epic rant, armed with a
fistful of major reforms he'd enact hours after his presidential inauguration. Boundless,
Gingrich's denial is beginning to give chutzpah, let alone grandiosity, a bad
name. Cosmic inevitability
trumps public opinion and elections:
the anointed hero need only present himself, then remove Excalibur and accept
the glory. Yessiree, lunacy reigns
for this ridiculed fan of "lunar" colonies (yes, both from the same root).

Newt's litany begins with pre-inauguration demands that
Congress do his bidding so he can instantly repeal
Obama-care, Dodd-Frank and Sarbanes-Oxley bills. Waste not, want not: Newt's "goal is to have all three bills
sitting there, waiting" so "the minute I am sworn in, I can sign all three and
we're off to a pretty good opening morning." But wait, there's more, for rapid-fire executive orders are
coming down the pike:

to
instruct the State Department that day to open the embassy in Jerusalem
and recognize Israel [say
what?];

to
reinstate Ronald Reagan's Mexico City
policy, so no "U.S. money will go anywhere in the world to pay for
abortion, period;" and

to
repeal "every anti-religious act of the Obama administration as of that
moment."

The Certainty of the Deranged

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And all this delivered with certitude, laced with Newt's sneering
condescension, "All of this is going to happen about two hours after the
inaugural address. OK? No point in
hanging out and having fun . . . This is going to be a working presidency.I
may not get in as much golf as Obama, but I'll get in a lot more job
creation." Had enough? Not Newt. Next, he'll eviscerate all White House czars plus approve
the Keystone pipeline. Hell, why
not cut the federal budget by 20%, pay off the deficit, and bomb, bomb, bomb Iran?

For a decade, Robert S. Becker's rebel-rousing essays on politics and culture analyze overall trends, messaging and frameworks, now featured author at OpEdNews, Nation of Change and RSN. He appears regularly at Dissident Voice, with credits (more...)